Chelsea Transfers

[Styl1994 188]

3 hours ago, DH1988 said:

Chiesa next summer would be the dream signing for me. 

Now that Ronaldo has gone he will be a key man for Juventus 

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

30 minutes ago, Tomo said:

The obsession of physicality and height over technique is what caused us to have a few years of 'transition' in the first place.

Shit signings and sales irrespective of any of this  is what caused the transition. It is a combination of physical and technical aspects that is vital in most positions, cb is one of them.

But the main problem with Kounde is not even his height and built but his swashbuckling attitude, risky dribblings around the own penalty box and through midfield, lapses of concentration and stupid errors. He simply does not have the right mindset for a CB IMO.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[DH1988 1,273]

2 hours ago, Styl1994 said:

Now that Ronaldo has gone he will be a key man for Juventus 

For sure, they don’t have many players like that, but will Juve satisfy his ambition? Time will tell.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

11 minutes ago, DH1988 said:

For sure, they don’t have many players like that, but will Juve satisfy his ambition? Time will tell.

Winning Serie A and Coppa Italia should be easy task for them. I don't see Chiesa leaving Juve any time soon.

Edited September 1, 2021 by Blues Forever

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

Overall balance		+£1.88m
Income	21	£97.60m
Expenditure	20	£95.72m

We didn't get Kounde, but we as fans and especially the club should be very happy how this summer panned out. 

[Vegetable 830]

I wonder how came Drinkwater found his place and Barkley was left behind? I guess DD's salary is higher and footballing quality bit worse, than Barkley's… 

[DH1988 1,273]

1 hour ago, Blues Forever said:

Winning Serie A and Coppa Italia should be easy task for them. I don't see Chiesa leaving Juve any time soon.

Really? Like I said, time will tell, but from what I've seen so far, they've been awful. Of course form is temporary, but still, I don't see on their team anything massively special, apart from Chiesa.

[DH1988 1,273]

5 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

I wonder how came Drinkwater found his place and Barkley was left behind? I guess DD's salary is higher and footballing quality bit worse, than Barkley's… 

Only himself to blame to be honest, such a talent pissed away, typical young British player.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

14 minutes ago, DH1988 said:

Really? Like I said, time will tell, but from what I've seen so far, they've been awful. Of course form is temporary, but still, I don't see on their team anything massively special, apart from Chiesa.

They have been awful because mismanagement from Paratici, Nedved, and Agnelli. Sacked Allegri in the first place without proper replacement was already bad move.

[Jype 6,398]

1 hour ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Overall balance		+£1.88m
Income	21	£97.60m
Expenditure	20	£95.72m

We didn't get Kounde, but we as fans and especially the club should be very happy how this summer panned out. 

That transfer income figure is not even close to being true, which makes it all the more impressive. I've seen the wrong figures reported on pretty much every media out there, which is just lazy from the journalists. 

I believe they're checking the numbers from Transfermarkt, but for some reason that site has listed notable sales like Guehi, Livramento, Ugbo under Chelsea U23 and not Chelsea FC.

• Abraham €40M
• Zouma €35M
• Tomori €29.2M
• Guehi €23.3M
• Zappacosta €9M
• Livramento €5.9M
• Moses €5M
• Bate €1.75M
• Simeu €1.75M
• Peart-Harris €1.5M
• Ekwah €1.4M
• Giroud €1M

All that adds up to €155M which in pounds is around £133M. Only incomings were Lukaku at £97.5M and Saul for a £4M loan fee, so overall it's more than £30M in profit for the window, which is a huge difference to the figures listed on most media outlets. And that's only for permanent transfer and not including any loan fees received by the club, which surely amount to millions of pounds as well (Bakayoko alone was around 2M).

[Simon1991 225]

5 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

 

We might have dodged a huge bullet here, apart from his diminutive stature he has other red flags which i would have loathed to see at the club, so I can't

Such as? I'll wait for your answer, but my first impression is that you're just blowing hot air.

[Muzchap 8,966]

1 hour ago, Vegetable said:

I wonder how came Drinkwater found his place and Barkley was left behind? I guess DD's salary is higher and footballing quality bit worse, than Barkley's… 

Injuries probably- Barkley always seems to play OK then get injured.

[Muzchap 8,966]

11 minutes ago, Simon1991 said:

Such as? I'll wait for your answer, but my first impression is that you're just blowing hot air.

He said it a few posts up.

But the main problem with Kounde is not even his height and built but his swashbuckling attitude, risky dribblings around the own penalty box and through midfield, lapses of concentration and stupid errors. He simply does not have the right mindset for a CB IMO.

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

Just take a look at Dave's performance against Liverpool. Had Mane in his pocket and beat him to every ball. 

Could Kounde provide us that same defensive awareness? 

[DDA 9,690]

Kounde is a real talent and for people to dismiss him because of his height is weird.

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

James should be happy with our failed attempts to sign Hakimi/Kounde. But this is massive season for him.

Started well apart from red card.  

Last season 1g 2a

This season already the same. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

14 minutes ago, DDA said:

Kounde is a real talent and for people to dismiss him because of his height is weird.

Not arsed about his height. Dave made up for it with his defensive awareness. 

I want to know how Kounde is on that regard.